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Steffen

03-02-2006, 06:11 PM

Essential What If? Packaging the classic series in a 6-issue trade and then selling it for the price of an Essential collection is just shameless. I fell for it the first time cause I figured Marketing was probably just testing the waters to see if it was feasible to put out an Essential collection, but now they've released a 2nd volume with another 6 issues. I'm not buying it, because most of the early stories aren't worth that price tag. I'd much prefer to plunk down 16 bucks for a b&w 30-issue volume.

I just finished the Werewolf by Night Essential, so I hope a 2nd volume is put out. Also a follow-up to the 1st Punisher book.

Capt USA

03-02-2006, 06:17 PM

Essential Hawkeye...I mean you could probably fit his entire run in solo avengers into an essentials(maybe not)

I wouldn't mind seeing them break the mold once they get done with running the gamut of individual titles and do essential storylines instead. I mean an essential doom, galactus, magneto, red skull all could have some merit.

not sure if some of these has been done or not, but essential guardians of the galaxy. (I've just recently started buying the essential series and for now I'm buying just one a month, working on the avengers now so I have a while to go before I worry about a lot of the more esoteric titles)

abyss

03-02-2006, 07:39 PM

Essential Black Panther would be really cool along with an Essential Daimon Hellstorm or Son of Satan which ever title marvel will go with.

LordEd1976

03-02-2006, 09:18 PM

Essential Defenders vol. 2
Essential Eternals (covering both the original Kirby series and the 80s mini)
Essential Champions
Essential Captain Marvel
Essential Marvel Saga

scratchie

03-02-2006, 09:29 PM

Essential Defenders vol. 2
Essential Captain Marvel
Essential Warlock
and ESSENTIAL MAN-THING fer Pete's sake!

Bicycle-Repairman

03-02-2006, 10:18 PM

Rumour has it that Essential Defenders Vol. 2 and Essential Son of Satan Vol. 1 are in the works. Kirby's Eternals will be reprinted as a full colour hardcover.

I have a long list of titles I'd like to see made into Essentials, but these are the ones I think are really overdue:

Essential Man-Thing
Essential Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Essential Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos
Essential Captain Marvel
Essential Master of Kung-Fu
Essential Sub-Mariner

Young Avenger

03-02-2006, 10:31 PM

Essential Ms. Marvel
Essential Master of Kung-Fu
Essential West Coast Avengers
Essential ROM (Godzilla got one and Marvel does have a working relationship with Hasbro now)

Marc Spector

03-02-2006, 10:33 PM

Essential Moon Knight Vol 2.

How about Essential Sub-Mariner?

tangentman

03-02-2006, 10:45 PM

Essential Champions
Essential Defenders Vol. 2
Essential Ms. Marvel
Essential Son of Satan (including Satana's stories from the magazines)
Essential Spider-Woman Vol. 2
Essential Werewolf By Night Vol. 2

milhouse123321

03-02-2006, 11:14 PM

I know most of the Essentials are 60s and 70s stuff, but whats the most recent issues covered? Late eighties maybe?
Thanks

Alistair

03-03-2006, 05:22 AM

The most recent Essentialised comics are in Essential Wolverine vol. 4, which takes him up to the mid-90s. The book's not out yet, but it's been solicited.

Ikaris

03-03-2006, 05:33 AM

Essential Moon Knight vol. 2
Essential Defenders vol. 2
Essential Captain Marvel

Tragix

03-03-2006, 06:01 AM

Essential West Coast Avengers

Cactusakic

03-03-2006, 06:25 AM

Another vote for Essential Man-Thing.

static

03-03-2006, 07:29 AM

Essential Invaders !!!!!!!!

also take the Powerman one and iron fist one up to
Essential Powerman and Ironfist !

benbrass00

03-03-2006, 07:41 AM

There's some Essential Iron-Man, Captain America and Hulk still missing...

As for the new Essential : Shang-Shi, Dazzler, Alpha Flight could be fun...

The Lucky One

03-03-2006, 07:47 AM

Still can't believe we haven't seen Essential New Mutants... we've got Essential X-Factor, for pete's sake, and that material isn't nearly as good. Essential Defenders vol. 2 and Essential Son of Satan are all but confirmed, I think; Essential Champions has been mentioned as just not in the cards (though they are releasing a collection of the first half of the run in color later this year). Essential What If? would rule. Also, really like to see another volume of Essential Werewolf by Night... that would pretty much finish out the run of his original book, right, before he went to guest star status?

-D

static

03-03-2006, 08:17 AM

what i always hear about New mutants is that the Sienkiwicz issues are hard to reprint in B&W ...didnt seem to slow down essential Moon Kinght!
what others are confirmed for this year???

The Lucky One

03-03-2006, 09:00 AM

what i always hear about New mutants is that the Sienkiwicz issues are hard to reprint in B&W ...didnt seem to slow down essential Moon Kinght!

Yeah, that's the rumor... I don't know if Marvel has ever officially confirmed it. To be fair to them, Bill's style got more abstract with New Mutants than it was in his Moon Knight days, so it really might be harder to get right in B&W reprints. Even so, though, there should be juuuust enough material to fill one Essential before Bill came on the book, if you throw in Marvel Team-Up #100 (first Karma), the Magik miniseries, and UXM #167 (continuation of NM #3; first X-Men/New Mutants meeting). And if you're feeling really sexy, the Firestar mini.

what others are confirmed for this year???

Essential Nova, Essential X-Men vol. 7, Essential Uncanny X-Men vol. 2, Essential Wolverine vol. 4, and Essential Godzilla. All-but-confirmed are Essential Defenders vol. 2, Essential Tales of the Zombie, and Essential Son of Satan. (Also, Essential X-Men vol. 4 will be reissued with additional material, namely the classic God Loves, Man Kills graphic novel.) And since Marvel said back in 2005 that they were shooting to release 26 this year, that still leaves a lot of spaces unaccounted for, so I'm curious as to what else we'll see in the latter half of '06.

-D

Zero Hunter

03-03-2006, 01:24 PM

Yeah, that's the rumor... I don't know if Marvel has ever officially confirmed it. To be fair to them, Bill's style got more abstract with New Mutants than it was in his Moon Knight days, so it really might be harder to get right in B&W reprints. Even so, though, there should be juuuust enough material to fill one Essential before Bill came on the book, if you throw in Marvel Team-Up #100 (first Karma), the Magik miniseries, and UXM #167 (continuation of NM #3; first X-Men/New Mutants meeting). And if you're feeling really sexy, the Firestar mini.

-D

Marvel Team Up 100, the New Mutants Graphic Novel, UXM 167, Magik 1-4, and New Mutants 1-17 would be more than enough to fill one volume with out having to get into Bill's run.

As for what Essentials I want to see:

Guardians of the Galaxy - 1 - Should be more than enough old apperences to fill at least one volume. Even if they did have to reprint a chunk of the Korvac Saga to do it.

Deathlock the Demolisher - 1 - Astonishing Tales 25-36 plus all the stuff from Marvel 2 In 1, Marvel Team Up, Captain America, and any apperences from around then would be enought to fill a volume.

Rom - 1 - Include issue 1-27 of Rom and that takes you right throught the Galactus story. You get guest stars like the X-Men, Power Man and Iron Fist, Nova, Jack of Hearts, Torpedo, Space Phantom, Mad Thinker and his Awseome Android, Skrulls, Galactus and Terrax, and all the Dire Wraiths you can handle. Slap the image of Rom fighting the X-men on the cover and it would sell like hotcakes.

jadegiant77

03-22-2006, 05:41 PM

Essential West Coast Avengers

I'm down 4 that!

Ravenheart

03-22-2006, 05:50 PM

Essential Man-Thing
Essential Son of Satan
Essential Rom
Essential Morbius
Essential West Coast Avengers
Essential Sub-Mariner

moon knight

03-22-2006, 05:53 PM

Essential West Coast Avengers
Essential Web of Spider-Man
Essential Amazing Spider-man Vol 8
Essential Avengers vol 6

rexcase

03-22-2006, 09:45 PM

count me in for man-thing and what if?
those would be at the top of my list.

Hombre

03-23-2006, 03:20 AM

Guardians of the Galaxy - 1 - Should be more than enough old apperences to fill at least one volume. Even if they did have to reprint a chunk of the Korvac Saga to do it.

Let's see... there's Marvel Super Heroes #18, their first appearance in 1969 by good ol' Arnold Drake and Colan/Esposito.

Then, that I'm aware of, there's their appearance in Steve Gerber's Defenders circa #28-29, their own series in Marvel Presents #3-12, Thor Annual 6, the aforementioned Korvac saga and an appearance in Marvel Team Up 86, which brings us to 1979.

All the above, incidentally, is good stuff.

Arilou

03-23-2006, 03:52 AM

More Essential Dr. Strange!

(Those are the only Essential books I buy)

(Okay, I admit, I bought Essential Silver Surfer too, but that wasn't as good)

Jason Everett

03-23-2006, 05:54 AM

My Essential list includes -

Sub-Mariner
Captain Marvel
Inhumans (all appearances in the 60s and 70s, plus Amazing Adventures V1)
Hulk V3
Dr. Strange V3
Defenders V2 and V3
Champions
Ka-Zar (2 70s solo books and Astonishing Tales and Marvel Super-heroes)
Son of Satan
Iron Man V3
Captain America V3
Man Thing
Master of Kung-Fu V1 and V2

Deathlok would be good, but not on my original list. Didn't even think of it until someone posted it here.

Also, Was there enough material in Amazing Adventures and Astonishing Tales to do anything with a Black Widow Essential or a Doctor Doom Essential?

Tambien, Wouldn't it be nice to see an essential or two of the seventies monster and horror books like Chamber of Darkness and Where Monsters Dwell and Tower of Shadows and Vault of Fear? (If those are the correct titles?)

pmpknface

03-23-2006, 06:22 AM

I've seen some great ideas here. I'd go for:

Ess. What If?
Ess. Master of Kung Fu (but I think there are trademark issues with this one)
Ess. Rom (this one too)
Ess. Man Thing
Ess. Invaders
Ess. Champions (there's a tpb of 1-11 available for pre order)
Ess. Sgt. Fury & his Howling Commandos
Ess. Power Man 2

I could use more Cap, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, & Avengers too. The new FF one that's coming will be good enough for me. I'd be asking for other books like NAMOR if I didn't have them already. But what I really want is...

ESSENTIAL GOLDEN AGE BOOKS!!! Imagine an Ess. Marvel Mystery Comics, Captain America, Sub-Mariner, All-Winners, etc... I like the masterworks, but they are too expensive.

Zero Hunter

03-23-2006, 02:49 PM

Let's see... there's Marvel Super Heroes #18, their first appearance in 1969 by good ol' Arnold Drake and Colan/Esposito.

Then, that I'm aware of, there's their appearance in Steve Gerber's Defenders circa #28-29, their own series in Marvel Presents #3-12, Thor Annual 6, the aforementioned Korvac saga and an appearance in Marvel Team Up 86, which brings us to 1979.

All the above, incidentally, is good stuff.

Did a little hunting and found these:

Marvel Super Heroes = 18
Marvel Two in One = 4-5, 60-63 (Starhawk), 69
Defenders = 26-29, Giant Sized Defenders 5
Marvel Presents = 3-12
Thor Annual 6
Avengers = 167-168, 174-177 (Korvac Saga) (Maybe include 181)
Marvel Team Up = 86
Ms. Marvel = 23 (Vance Astro)

It would be a thicker volume especially with the Thor Annual and Giant Sized Defenders, but it would cover nearly all the major apperences more or less right up to the start of their own series they had. You could probaly lose the Marvel 2 in 1 60-63 even though it was a pretty good story.

Indigo Al

03-23-2006, 03:05 PM

I wouldn't mind seeing them break the mold once they get done with running the gamut of individual titles and do essential storylines instead. I mean an essential doom, galactus, magneto, red skull all could have some merit.

This is a great idea. Galactus at least calls for this.

I'd love the entirety of the first Defenders run to be collected

pmpknface

03-23-2006, 03:16 PM

Yeah, that's a cool idea. A while ago Marvel had a tpb line that didn't go very far, and one of the books was "The Villany of Dr. Doom." The only problem I had with the tpb was that it reprinted stories that were totally out of order and had nothing tying them togather.

I always wondered if Marvel would make a tpb of VILLIANS that had all their appearrances in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. Now that would ROCK!!! :D

Perry Holley

03-23-2006, 03:24 PM

Essential Master of Kung-Fu (like that's ever gonna happen)

Essential New Warriors (first 25 issues or so)

drinkblatzbeer

03-23-2006, 03:29 PM

i don't know what everyone else posted, and i don't know if i already have posted in here...but...

essential adam warlock
essential thanos
essential eternals
essential sgt fury
essential marvel monsters (old tta, st, tos stuff)

daletron

03-23-2006, 03:35 PM

Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 collects stories from:
X-Men #1-24 – 528 pages
Uncanny X-Men Vol. 2 collects stories from:
X-Men #25-53, Avengers #53 – 528 pages

X-Men Vol. 1 collects stories from:
Giant-Size X-Men #1, Uncanny X-Men #94-119 – 528 pages
X-Men Vol. 2 collects stories from:
Uncanny X-Men #120-144 – 528 pages
X-Men Vol. 3 collects stories from:
Uncanny X-Men #145-161, Uncanny X-Men Annual #3-5 – 528 pages

so they're not going to publish an Uncanny X-Men Vol.3 & 4? What about issues #X-Men #54-93?? does anything important happen there? =\ these are my bathroom books and i think ima get anal once i'm done with uncanny vol 2.

Ravenheart

03-23-2006, 03:37 PM

so they're not going to publish an Uncanny X-Men Vol.3 & 4? What about issues #X-Men #54-93?? does anything important happen there? =\ these are my bathroom books and i think ima get anal once i'm done with uncanny vol 2.

Weren't 54-93 just reprints of the earlier issues?

Ripper

03-23-2006, 03:45 PM

Essential Ghost Rider Volume 2
Essential Moon Knight Volume 2

Beast

03-23-2006, 03:45 PM

pmpknface

03-23-2006, 03:51 PM

There will be an Uncanny (now Classic X-Men) Essential to cover X-Men #54-66. It just hasn't been announced yet, because it seems like the 60's X-Men stuff is coming out the slowest. The title then went into reprints from 67-93, but there's certainly enough material of various solo appearances by the characters, especially 'Amazing Adventures #11-17' which focused on the Beast. :)

Thanks. I always forget when the reprints started. But it made me google and find this site, which looks cool: http://www.comics-db.com/index.html

There are other X-apps that you could throw in there too, like the Tales to Astonish x-over (#57?), or whenever their 1st appearrances were in other titles.

I like that Beast idea though! Amazing Adventures would be another good title for an Essential. And here's another:

MARVEL PREVIEW!!! This 70's mag had a ton of cool stories that are hard to find now. Throw in EPIC ILLUSTRATED and BIZARRE ADVENTURES and I'm in heaven!

Beast

03-23-2006, 03:53 PM

Well, most of Amazing Adventures (1st Series) has been reprinted already. After Amazing Adventures #17, the book focused on Killraven til it's cancellation. And we just recently got Essential Killraven that included those issues. I'm still hoping for an actual full-color TPB of AA #11-#17 and IH #161, but I doubt I'll ever see it.

pmpknface

03-23-2006, 04:40 PM

Ryan K

03-23-2006, 04:41 PM

I wouldn't mind seeing them reprint the Incredible Hulk issues that introduce Wolverine at the end of an Essential Classic X-Men Vol. 3. Since they do occur before Essential X-Men Vol. 1. If they need to fill some space . . .

Hombre

03-24-2006, 02:00 AM

drnocturne2

03-24-2006, 06:19 AM

Captain America #3
Invaders
Master of Kung-Fu
Black Panther

A chronological Dr. Doom would be great since he's been in so many different titles.

unkiedev

03-24-2006, 10:21 AM

The one I'm waiting for is an Essential "What If?"

That would be sweet!

Grizsly

03-24-2006, 10:55 AM

I concur on the Essential What If? - I'd pick that up.

I've read all of the Essential X-Men books, and man where they a trip! I have probably 75% of the issues in volumes 1-6, but I had never read the ENTIRE saga as a whole. Great stuff in there, especially in the mid 100's - Claremont is a nut!! The whole saga in space, culminating in the Brood throneworld, was just amazing work.

I've also been enjoying the Essential Marvel Handbook collections - some great trivia in those, as well as a lot of "forgotten" characters!

Another Essential I'd like to see is Secret Wars, reprinting both series and the tie in issues. I don't think Marvel has ever reprinted SW 2 (?)

And, of course, Essential GI Joe would RULE. . .Hama was truly a master, and the current reprints are small(content wise) and pricey.

unkiedev

03-24-2006, 11:10 AM

ESSENTIAL Secret-wars!! Great idea, Grizzly!

PaxHouse

03-24-2006, 11:30 AM

Hopefully, these are the ones for me.....

Essential New Warriors
Essential Power Pack
Essential New Mutants
And maybe Essential X-Force (especially those great stories AFTER Liefeld :rolleyes: :p )
Essential West Coast Avengers

Grizsly

03-24-2006, 11:43 AM

Essential Power Pack

I almost put that in my post. . .PP #19 was the first comic book I ever read. I still have that copy, too. . .I'll never sell it.

I have every issue of Power Pack, though, and have read it through at least a dozen times over the years - doesn't age all too well, to tell the truth - very kiddie oriented book, but one that nevertheless will always hold a very special place in my collection. Snarks, The Boogeyman, Kofi, Friday, good old Tattletale. . .classic.

And I always wanted either the gravity or energizer powers. . . :o

isaac a person

03-24-2006, 12:21 PM

Some nice suggestions so far, definitely some stuff in there I would pick up.
My weekly comics buying didn't begin until the late 80's, so I can't suggest any obscurities from before then, alas...

My ideas:

Essential New Universe!
start with Starbrand and DP7

Essential 2099 comps might be nice.

Essential Evolutionary War
it was the first big crossover I read, so I'll always have a soft spot for it.

It would also be cool to have Essential collections of some of the big crossovers. Marvel could include the main books involved plus whatever side crossover books are most relevant. We could have:
Essential Acts of Vengance (throw in Damage Control, if it fits!)
Essential Infinity Gauntlet (could include the Silver Surfer prelude and Thanos Quest)
and so much more....
My only worry is they wouldn't know when to stop. There were a LOT of crossovers in the 90's after all, not all of them excellent :p

oh, and
Essential Strikeforce: Morturi
I've always heard good things about it....

Grizsly

03-24-2006, 12:25 PM

oh, and
Essential Strikeforce: Morturi
I've always heard good things about it....

Wow! Talk about a blast from the past!

It had it's moments. . .and some of the earliest Tex art, if I remember correctly.

Hmmm. . .actually, I think I'm confusing it with that Epic title Stalkers. THAT'S where to find the early Tex artwork.

And if we're talking obscure Essentials, you might as well throw in Essential Nth Man - heh.

Expletive Deleted

03-24-2006, 12:52 PM

Aside from the Wolverine volumes, I don't think they've done any material originally printed later than the mid-'80s. So I wouldn't hold my breath for any of those '90s titles.

ESSENTIAL STRIKEFORCE MORITURI and ESSENTIAL DP7 would be cool, though. And they're just the right lengths, too (thirty-one and thirty-two issues, respectively).

isaac a person

03-24-2006, 01:42 PM

Reading the "Marvel UK: where are they now" thread made me want to see:

Essential Captian Britain
(there is a trade of the Alan Moore issues out, but how about before & after?)

Essential Death's Head
(I've enjoyed the few appearances I've read. Licensing issues w/the Transformer's appearances, sure, but Marvel did just release Essential Godzilla. In fact, I may buy Essential Godzilla just to encourage Marvel to print more Essentials involving licensed material.)

drnocturne2

03-24-2006, 01:47 PM

Deathlok
Sub-Mariner

Zero Hunter

03-24-2006, 02:15 PM

I would like an Essential Captain Britian too. I have the Alan Moore and the Alan Davis/Jamie Delano trades, but would like to read about the pre Moore adventures of the Captain.

sixstringguild

03-24-2006, 02:26 PM

There is just waaaaay to much 70's/early 80's goodness before we even begin to worry about stuff from the late 80's/90's.

More Essential Team Up/Two-In-One
Shang-Chi - i guess the only thing keeping this down right now are the legal issues.
Champions
Defenders
Cap America

isaac a person

03-24-2006, 02:27 PM

I would like an Essential Captain Britian too. I have the Alan Moore and the Alan Davis/Jamie Delano trades, but would like to read about the pre Moore adventures of the Captain.

Was the Davis/Delano trade issued recently (in the last few years)?
Does it follow immediately after the Moore trade?

Thanks

pmpknface

03-24-2006, 02:38 PM

OOOOO!!!!!!

Marvel 2-In-One! Good call sixstringguild!

Jason Everett

03-25-2006, 06:56 AM

Captain Britain Stuff?

Did You Say CAPTAIN BRITAIN STUFF?!

It has taken me 4 years, but I was able to track down all of the first run of Captain Britain Volume One. It cost me about 100 bucks and most of the issues are in shabby condition. They are also slightly larger than magazine size (like almost ALL of my 2000 British Comics) so they won't fit into even the largest magazine Bag/Board combo out there.

I am in the middle of finding all of the Spider-man and Captain Britain issues now. I have about 3/4 of them with 1/4 left to go. Some of these can fit into bags, some cannot. All of the issues I can find run about 3-4 bucks each and are in good to very good condition. Spider-man has the lead story, but the CB story is solid and doesn't have Spidey in them, so this isn't like a teamup book at all.

I haven't found any yet, simply because I haven't really started looking, but my next engagement will be locating the British Comic by MARVEL called DAREDEVILS. With an S. This will have the first appearance of Gatecrasher and her Technet.

And I already have all of Volume 2. I collected that when it came out in the 80s.

The problem with the books is that you cannot find them in NM or Mint condition anymore, and that's IF YOU CAN FIND THEM. Aside from eBay, nobody sells anything but CB V2.

CB V1 has never been reprinted. CB V2 is what the CB trade is all about. BUT, you will want all the supplimental material in there and the other stories. They're GREAT.

MArvel released a Classic X-Men Archives back in the 90s, a series of individual issues starring Captain Britain. It ran for 7 issues. You can probably find these for 2 bucks each on mycomicshop. This collected MOST of the Spider-man and Captain Britain issues. It does not collect them all.

The DAREDEVILS series has NEVER been reprinted, and it has some rather critical stuff according to CB mythos.

All this said, yes a CB Essential is more than DEFINITELY NEEDED. And, you would have no problems finding materiel to fill it.

innocentboy

03-25-2006, 10:11 AM

not really huge on the essential format.

have any of you seen those Classic X-Men or Marvel Tales: Starring Spider-Man monthlies?

would be kinda cool to see reprints in that format i guess. in my opinion at least

Zero Hunter

03-25-2006, 12:21 PM

Was the Davis/Delano trade issued recently (in the last few years)?
Does it follow immediately after the Moore trade?

Thanks

It bridges the gap between the Moore series and the Excaliber series. It was only 14 issues, but was a very fun read. Davis used Alot of the things from this series in his early Excaliber run. Meggan was introduced in this series. Plus you got things like Spymaster, the Crazy Gang, Gatecrasher and her Technet, and Betsy Bradock too. This is the series that showed Betsy trying to take over for Brain as the new Captain with horrible results for her at the hands of Spymaster.

I think the trade has been out of print for a while, but you proably can find a copy on Ebay or something like that.

http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/large/14678898400.1.2ND.PRT.gif

ultimatespyder20

03-25-2006, 01:22 PM

Essential Venom.

:cool:

isaac a person

03-25-2006, 07:40 PM

Thanks for the info, Zero.

Kid Kyoto

03-25-2006, 11:06 PM

Zero Hunter

03-26-2006, 11:30 AM

GI Joe, some of the fondest remembered comics from the 80s, i know licences are hard but MAKE IT WORK
Excaliber, also a lot of fun
New Mutants, already mentioned
X-men miniseries - Wolverine, Kitty and Wolvie, Magick, Nightcrawler uh... etc
Star Wars, again hard work but worth it, SW was my first marvel comic

that's all for now.

Dark Horse Comics has the rights to Star Wars. They cut a deal and reprinted the entire Marvel Star Wars series a few years ago. All 107 issues and Annuals in 7 big trades in color. A very nice package.

Kid Kyoto

03-26-2006, 12:00 PM

Did they? All of it? I'll have to take a look next time I'm in the US.

I know GI Joe was reprinted in color but I think that died out and I'd be more interested in a big fat essential anyway.

The Transformers were generally bad so no desire there.

Sterenko's Nick Fury issues were alread repinted in color and would really suffer from B&W printing.

Maybe some of the Kirby monster books?
The Timely WWII superheroes could also use some love.

jadegiant77

03-31-2006, 03:26 PM

I would KILL to see an Essential NFL Superpro... :p

isaac a person

03-31-2006, 03:35 PM

I would KILL to see an Essential NFL Superpro... :p

Shortest Essential Ever :D

Ravenheart

03-31-2006, 04:06 PM

I'd love to see:

ROM(I'm hoping)
Alpha Flight
Sub-Mariner
Captain Marvel
Ms.Marvel
Shogun Warriors
Devil Dinosaur(might be a bit short)

as well as new volumes of the titles that already have essentials out.

Carlton Donaghe

03-31-2006, 04:43 PM

I want to see Essential Thor, Volume Three. Volume Two was absolutely incredible. In fact, I would make the claim that it stands as a graphic novel. Truly Lee and Kirby (and Colletta) at the top of their form.

jadegiant77

04-03-2006, 03:15 PM

Put one for me in the Alpha Flight column. I wanna read that storyline where Sasquatch died and came back in Snowbird's body(is it me or does Marvel have a lot of transexual heroes? Cloud, Starhawk...um...Overmind?)That aside reminds me: we need a Guardians of the Galaxy essential as well!

jadegiant77

04-03-2006, 03:17 PM

It bridges the gap between the Moore series and the Excaliber series. It was only 14 issues, but was a very fun read. Davis used Alot of the things from this series in his early Excaliber run. Meggan was introduced in this series. Plus you got things like Spymaster, the Crazy Gang, Gatecrasher and her Technet, and Betsy Bradock too. This is the series that showed Betsy trying to take over for Brain as the new Captain with horrible results for her at the hands of Spymaster.

I think the trade has been out of print for a while, but you proably can find a copy on Ebay or something like that.

http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/large/14678898400.1.2ND.PRT.gif

DEFINITELY put me down for a Captain Britain essential...I wanna see Psylocke as Captain Britain, dammit!

Bicycle-Repairman

04-03-2006, 10:11 PM

In light of the upcoming Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid and new books featuring their Western heroes, I wonder if Marvel will eventually do Essentials for their three long-running Western titles: Rawhide Kid, Two-Gun Kid, and Kid Colt, Outlaw.

Bicycle-Repairman

04-03-2006, 10:38 PM

I believe it's about time an Essential Black Panther came out. There's a wealth of material to reprint, starting with the Panther stories from Jungle Action, Black Panther Vol. 1, Marvel Premiere and Marvel Comics Presents.

I think it would be a great idea to publish an Essential focusing on Don McGregor's Black Panther stories. The Jack Kirby stories are already being reprinted as full-colour trade paperbacks and are quite different in style, so they could be left out. They could call it Essential Jungle Action featuring the Black Panther and reprint the complete "Panther's Rage", "Panther vs. the Klan", and "Panther's Quest" stories in one volume. I don't know if Dwayne Turner's artwork for "Panther's Prey" would reproduce well in black and white.